Saturday, August 20, 2011
Edward Abbey- drink and shrink
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“A drink a day keeps the shrink away” ~Edward Abbey
Bernard M. Baruch - opinions and facts
“Every man has a right to be wrong in his opinions. But no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.” ~Bernard M. Baruch
Adele Basheer - destiny
"Listen to the sound of your soul. The truth of your destiny lives in your heart." ~Adele Basheer
Robert Brault - beyond capability
"How often in life we complete a task that was beyond the capability of the person we were when we started it." ~Robert Brault
Education Quotes
"Education is like a double-edged sword. It may be turned to dangerous uses if it is not properly handled." ~ Wu Ting-Fang
"Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't." ~Pete Seeger
"Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't." ~Pete Seeger
Philip Whitmore Snr - real man
"Any fool can be a Father, but it takes a real man to be a Daddy!" ~Philip Whitmore Snr
Max Eastman - sense of humor
"It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor." ~Max Eastman
Bob Hope - charity
"If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble." ~Bob Hope
Wilson Mizner - plagiarism and research
"When you steal from one author, it's plagiarism. When you steal from many, it's research." ~Wilson Mizner
I Quotes
"I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance." ~Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.
"I can't complain but sometimes I still do." ~Joe Walsh
"I can't criticize what I don't understand. If you want to call this art you've got the benefit of all my doubts." ~ Charles Rosin
"I can't think of any sorrow in the world that a hot bath wouldn't help just a little bit." ~Susan Glasee
"I do not dream at night, I dream all day, I dream for a living." ~Steven Spielberg
"I feel sorry for people who do not drink. When they wake up in the morning it is as good as they are going to feel all day." ~Frank Sinatra
"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set I go into the other room and read a book." ~Groucho Marx
"I have a thing with the camera. The lens is unconditional. It doesn’t judge you." ~Debra Winger
"I have come to believe that giving and receiving are really the same. Giving and receiving - not giving and taking." ~Joyce Grenfell
"I have often depended on the blindness of strangers." ~Adrienne E. Gusoff
"I have such poor vision I can date anybody." ~Garry Shandling
"I have thought too much to stoop to action." ~Adam De Lisle
"I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion." ~Themistocles
"I hope that while so many people are out smelling the flowers someone is taking the time to plant some." ~Herbert Rappaport
"I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent" ~Ashleigh Brilliant
"I can't complain but sometimes I still do." ~Joe Walsh
"I can't criticize what I don't understand. If you want to call this art you've got the benefit of all my doubts." ~ Charles Rosin
"I can't think of any sorrow in the world that a hot bath wouldn't help just a little bit." ~Susan Glasee
"I do not dream at night, I dream all day, I dream for a living." ~Steven Spielberg
"I feel sorry for people who do not drink. When they wake up in the morning it is as good as they are going to feel all day." ~Frank Sinatra
"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set I go into the other room and read a book." ~Groucho Marx
"I have a thing with the camera. The lens is unconditional. It doesn’t judge you." ~Debra Winger
"I have come to believe that giving and receiving are really the same. Giving and receiving - not giving and taking." ~Joyce Grenfell
"I have often depended on the blindness of strangers." ~Adrienne E. Gusoff
"I have such poor vision I can date anybody." ~Garry Shandling
"I have thought too much to stoop to action." ~Adam De Lisle
"I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion." ~Themistocles
"I hope that while so many people are out smelling the flowers someone is taking the time to plant some." ~Herbert Rappaport
"I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent" ~Ashleigh Brilliant
Virginia Woolfe - humor
"Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue." ~Virginia Woolfe
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Alan Cohen Quotes
“Enlightenment does not ask you to be perfect; it simply asks you to find perfection right where you stand.” ~Alan Cohen
“You are in integrity when the life you are living on the outside matches who you are on the inside.” ~Alan Cohen
“You are in integrity when the life you are living on the outside matches who you are on the inside.” ~Alan Cohen
Friday, August 12, 2011
Noah benShea Quotes
"Things don't have to be good for us to be great." ~Noah benShea
"What grows never grows old" ~Noah benShea
"What grows never grows old" ~Noah benShea
Sidney Goff - speak reasonably
“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words.” ~Sidney Goff on Advice / experience / wisdom
Tyler Perry - walk forward
“It's simple: When you haven't forgiven those who've hurt you, you turn your back against your future. When you do forgive, you start walking forward.” ~Tyler Perry
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Princess Diana Spencer - hang on to that love
"If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love." ~Princess Diana Spencer
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton - talent
“Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.” ~Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Monday, August 8, 2011
Henry Neele -sands of life
“On the sands of life sorrow treads heavily, and leaves a print time cannot wash away.” ~Henry Neele
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Marcus Garvey - confidence
“If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.” ~Marcus Garvey on Defeat
John Lennon - counting
"Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears." ~John Lennon
Maurice Freehill - dark and light
"Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of the light?" ~Maurice Freehill
Caecilius Statius - servant
"Grant us a brief delay impulse in everything is but a worthless servant.' ~Caecilius Statius
Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco - give and forget
“Blessed are those who can give without remembering, and take without forgetting.” ~Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco
Epicurus - wisdom provides
"Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship." ~Epicurus
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Sir Richard Steele - Posterity
“We are always doing, says he, something for Posterity, but I would fain see Posterity do something for us.” ~Sir Richard Steele
Monday, August 1, 2011
Vincent Van Gogh Quotes
"Conscience is a man's compass." ~Vincent Van Gogh
"If you hear a voice within you say, 'You are not a painter,' then by all means paint…and that voice will be silenced." ~Vincent Van Gogh
"If you hear a voice within you say, 'You are not a painter,' then by all means paint…and that voice will be silenced." ~Vincent Van Gogh
Charles Mayes - worth living
"Make sure the thing you’re living for is worth dying for. " ~Charles Mayes
Karen Elizabeth Gordon - either
"Either I've been missing something or nothing has been going on." ~Karen Elizabeth Gordon
Germaine Greer - energy
"Energy is the power that drives every human being. It is not lost by exertion but maintained by it." ~Germaine Greer
Terri Guillemets Quotes
"Life's not always fair. Sometimes you can get a splinter even sliding down a rainbow." ~Terri Guillemets
"Skin is a covering for our immortality." ~Terri Guillemets
"Skin is a covering for our immortality." ~Terri Guillemets
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Alfred Lord Tennyson - half-truth
"A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies." ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson
Dr. Robert Schuller - flawless
"Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly." ~Dr. Robert Schuller
Howard Scott - criminal
"Criminal: A person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation." ~Howard Scott
Queen Elizabeth II - family
"Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements." ~Elizabeth II (b. 1926), British monarch, Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. quoted in Daily Mail (London, Oct. 19, 1989).
Titus Livius - scheme and boldness
"Such impetuous schemes and boldness are at first sight alluring, but are difficult to handle, and in the result disastrous." ~Titus Livius (Livy) (59 B.C.–A.D. 17), Roman historian. Histories, XXXV, 32.
Djamellah Dancel Occena - truth and lie
"I prefer to be hated for telling the truth, than loved for telling a lie." ~ Djamellah Dancel Occena
Olin Miller - feelings
"A man who will not lie to a woman has very little consideration for her feelings" ~Olin Miller
Gertrude Stein Quotes
"Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening." ~Gertrude Stein
"Counting is the religion of this generation, it is its hope and its salvation." ~Gertrude Stein
"Counting is the religion of this generation, it is its hope and its salvation." ~Gertrude Stein
Harold Wilson - courage
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death." ~Harold Wilson
Friday, July 29, 2011
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